Team Lean Participants Lose More than 11,000 Pounds

The Family Y of Greater Augusta celebrated the conclusion of its seventh annual Team Lean competition on Saturday, April 19 at the Family Y of Downtown Augusta. This 12-week, city-wide weight loss competition saw more than 1,390 people participating this year, losing a total of 11,597 pounds.

This year’s competition reached a remarkable milestone for the cumulative numbers of Team Lean. Since the start of Team Lean in 2008, 100,478 pounds have been lost by participants, making the CSRA a healthier community.

“At the Y, we support healthy living and we love to be a part of the life-changing success of our participants each year,” said Janet Thornburg, Community Health Director for the Family YMCA of Greater Augusta.

The sponsors for this year’s competition included Humana, Doctors Hospital, Coca-Cola, The Augusta Chronicle, Skirt Magazine, WAFJ, WBBQ and WJBF. Cumulatively, the sponsors’ teams lost a total of 972 pounds in this year’s Team Lean competition.